Adjustable rope fastener



w. HARLEY. ADJUSTABLE ROPE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2|-I921|.l

'1,408,940,` l .Patented Mar;71922 :muuu

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fr surgida WALTER C. HARLEY, GF OAKLAND, GAFORNIA.

ADJUSTABLE ROPE FASTENER.

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/ 1o all w ILO/m, t may concern Be it known that I, WALTER C. lilnnna, a, citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of Californie, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Rope Fasteners, of which the following is a. specification.

My invention is an adjustable rope hitch constructed to be readily adjusted along the rope and -to receive e. hook on the end of the rope to form e loop on the rope el' any size.

Referring` to the ennexed drmving; in which my invention is illustrated und which forms u part of this specification:

Figure l is a front view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side view of rny invention looking in the direction of arrow 2.

Figure 3 is a side view of Iny invention looking in the direction of arrow My hitch includes a cylindrical tube l bent spirztlly in the term of en eye 2 with its ends extending tangentinlly in alignment with each other from said eye.

The rope 3 is inserted through the tube l. The Wall of the tubent the outer side of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1922.

Application filed May 2, 1921.. serial No. literie.

eye 2 is cut away es indicated at so that the rope may slide easily in the tube around the eye. @n the end of the rope 3 is connected e hook 5 on the shank of which is pivoted e. latch ineniber 6 which swings across the entrance of the hook against u lug 7 on the extremity of the hook und closes said entrance. The hook 5 is hooked into the eye 2, forming a loop in the rope, and the hook is prevented from disengeging seid eye by the latch member 6 engaging the lug; 7. (See Fig. 2

The hitch may be readily shifted .along the rope to adj ust the size of the loop, but binds on the rope when e. pull is exerted by the hook 5 on the eye 2 from the loop.

Having described my inventioinl claim:

l. A rope loop hitch including a, tube bent spirzilly into an eye with the ends of the tube extending tangentially frein said eye.

2. A rope loop hitch including u tube bent in the form of en eye through which tube the rope extends, the outside or" the tube being cut away around the loop.

In testimony whereof l aflix my signature.

lWALTER C. HARLEY. 

